‘Amazing first step’: Five million ways Chloe is making a difference
Premier Peter Malinauskas has met with the teen parliament winner to let her be the first to know of a $5m investment into mental health she helped advocate for.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Elective surgery scoreboard can’t keep up with own cancellations
SA Health’s website is struggling to keep pace with elective surgery cancellations, as emptying wards of elective patients provides some much-needed relief to clogged EDs.
‘Tools to deliver’: State budget set to splash the cash on ambos
SA Ambulance Service is again set to emerge as a winner in the state budget with more money poured into upgrades. See what the cash will be spent on.
Pensioner’s huge bill as surgery is cancelled – three times
Pensioner Joe Morrison flew in from Port Lincoln for spinal surgery … only to have it cancelled three times, leaving him out of pocket – and with no new appointment date.
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One dead, 12 sick in TB outbreak in SA’s far north
There are now 13 confirmed cases of tuberculosis in the APY Lands, including one death, as high-ranking health figures rush to the area.
Big shake up in SA Health as another key exec leaves
SA Health faces further upheavals with a key executive leaving and a major agency being scrapped.
Women’s and Children’s Hospital boss quits suddenly
Women’s and Children’s Hospital boss Lindsey Gough has quit her senior position, finishing in a week and sparking a scramble to find a replacement.
4 shocking SA Health bungles: Deaths and millions in compo
There have been nearly 80,000 “incidents” at SA hospitals in just the past 12 months – on top of four other scandals, some that ended with people dying.
Suspended from Qld hospital job, doc now heads up SA health network
A doctor who was suspended from his administrative role at a Queensland hospital amid a care scandal is now in charge of a South Australian regional health service.
‘Harrowing’: Huge payouts as scathing report into WCH implant scandal released
Families of children involved in the WCH cochlear implant scandal will receive thousands of dollars after a scathing review found problems with the service dating back years.
‘Can’t do anything’: Riverland residents fear their own hospital
After a young boy died from the flu, Riverland residents are frightened of their own hospital – with staff forgetting about one woman and an elderly cancer patient refused admission.
‘Disgraceful’: Why this hospital patient’s meal horrified him
A frustrated SA hospital patient has received a backlash after posting their underwhelming schnitty to social media – so what’s really wrong with it?
Ramping fix still ‘long way to go’ despite 146 extra ambos
New data shows the most serious emergency call-outs are now arriving on time with 146 extra ambos on our roads – but the government admits ramping still isn’t fixed.
Rubbish decision: RAH bin order causing quite a stink
Royal Adelaide Hospital clinicians who save lives and treat emergencies have been told to also empty their own office bins, despite a $1m a day contract with the private operator.
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